I agree that 'extermination' is a valid (and desirable) punishment for certain types of offenders, but I also think that it is important to more strictly classify which ones. If you are going to execute people for rape and pedophilia, then the number of murders is only going to increase in our society. A person who would have previously only raped or molested somebody is now going to kill their victim as well: there's less chance of getting caught, and the penalty is the same. England, incidentally, used to have this problem at one stage when they were executing thieves.
In response to the previous commenter, I don't think that executing an innocent person is a great deal worse than imprisoning them for twenty years.
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Capital Punishment
Date: 2006-09-08 03:15 am (UTC)In response to the previous commenter, I don't think that executing an innocent person is a great deal worse than imprisoning them for twenty years.